diff --git a/docs/AGENTS.md b/docs/AGENTS.md
index 1a1d53ded4..39ebd5cd9c 100644
--- a/docs/AGENTS.md
+++ b/docs/AGENTS.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ When the gate goes red:
 2. **Condense** content that belongs here but can be shorter.
 3. **Raise** the ceiling only when the words need the space; justify the manifest diff in the PR. A too-low ceiling is a budget bug.
 
-Ceilings are guardrails, not reduction targets. At or below target, retain at least 5% headroom; above target, freeze the ceiling until relocation or condensation brings the document under target. Lower a ceiling only when the document still has room. Targets: root `AGENTS.md` ≤ 1,960; `architecture.md` ≤ 2,400; subtree `AGENTS.md` ≤ 600, except `packages/AGENTS.md` ≤ 810 and this file ≤ 1,430; `packages/README.md` ≤ 994; plus `cordis-primer.md` 600, `testing.md` 1,300, `examples/AGENTS.md` 310. Review governs unbudgeted tiers.
+Ceilings are guardrails, not reduction targets. At or below target, retain at least 5% headroom; above target, freeze the ceiling until relocation or condensation brings the document under target. Lower a ceiling only when the document still has room. Targets: root `AGENTS.md` ≤ 2,080; `architecture.md` ≤ 2,400; subtree `AGENTS.md` ≤ 600, except `packages/AGENTS.md` ≤ 810 and this file ≤ 1,430; `packages/README.md` ≤ 994; plus `cordis-primer.md` 600, `testing.md` 1,300, `examples/AGENTS.md` 310. Review governs unbudgeted tiers.
 
 ## The slop checklist
 
diff --git a/scripts/doc-budgets.manifest.json b/scripts/doc-budgets.manifest.json
index 3e43fbe50a..f301060236 100644
--- a/scripts/doc-budgets.manifest.json
+++ b/scripts/doc-budgets.manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "AGENTS.md": 1960,
+  "AGENTS.md": 2080,
   "docs/AGENTS.md": 1430,
   "docs/architecture.md": 2410,
   "docs/cordis-primer.md": 600,